Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-30
S. ID. CONNER.
HE COMMITTED SUICIDE IN
GRAVEYARD,

The Fatal Deed Done Only One Day
After He Got neutrality-suspicious.
as to the Cause OF the Rash Act,
Could Not Have Been Financial Dis.
tress.
The report of the death of S. d.
Conner, first published IN the Tribune,
and reproduced in yesterdays TIMES,
caused general regret on Wood River
as the deceased was we'll known and
esteemed here.
Sam. Conner and his partner, Mr..
McGregor, had been operating here
since 1881, and developed three or
four groups of mines. 1t was they
who bought the Narrow Gauges and
Bannock group for s15, 900, and after
expending about $4,000 in develop
ment work, sold it to Mr.. Farwell, of
Chicago, for $4,000. Their latest
venture was the Baltimore group,
which they expected to sell soon fol
100000 or thereabouts. After which
they intended to invest more extern
svely and exploit their mines them
selves, instead of selling them, as
heretofore.
Mr.. Conner made his money in
mining and ranching in Colorado,
Utah, Idaho, and Pennsylvania, and
although but 40 years old had already
secured a handsome competency.
Having attained that end, he pro-
posed, as he expressed it, ito do
something for the country"
"Between my cattle in Wyoming,
my bonds, and my property in Penn
sylvania," Mr.. Conner told TINES
man, in the Continental Hotel, at Salt
Lake City, last May,"I guess l am
worth a good quarter of million dol
lars-in property that | can turn to
cash at any time within two or three
weeks. I've got enough to live on
now, and that is all | need. When
we sell the Baltimore group, intend
to begin branching out, and will re-
invest every cent on Wood River.
will get hold of good prospects, which
will develop into mines, and no
amount of money will get them away
from me. will work them myself,
to see just how much money l can
make out of them"
''lIave you any claims in view now
that you intend to buy?" asked the
reporter.
EYES," replied Mr.. Conner. 81 in.
tend to take hold of the Chief of the
Hill, for instance. I've always said
that there was big mine there, and
| am going to show it up. l will pu,
: up concentrating works on the bank
of Wood River, run deep tunnel te
tap the Chief and Japan, and connect
the tunnel with the works by a wire
rope tramway. All this may cos
= $4,000 or $4,000, but l can open &
big mine, and that is no money, yor
know, for mine. Why, when l ge
! it opened | can get my money bael
in month. Then, there's the Ophi
! group, in Quigley gulch. Two o
' three parties took hold of that, blu
| they did not have $1,000 between
them. l can take it and am willing
to bet that by spending $4,000 | cal
make paying property out Of it,"
~ intend" he added, after pause
''to keep lower down heretofore-t
stay in a district that can get at tn
: year round. Because, although mine
s pay, no matter where located, it i
i cheaper and pleasanter, especial
when prospecting, to be where 20
can get somewhere all the time"
v 1t is really too bad, therefore, tina
! Mr.. Conner was thus Unexpected
r cut off from the career of enlarge
e usefulness upon which he was abou
y to enter. 1t is bad for himself, HI
r relatives and friends, and for US.
is bad for Wood River, because W
J. cannot afford to lose a man who ha
I such Implicit confidence in our miae
= and ample means to back his conf
- dence.
y PARTICULARS OF THE SAD ENDING
d The following particulars concerl
y ing Mr.. Conner are copied from u
4 Salt Lake Democrat of the 2Sth ms,